The Solway Aviation Museum is an aviation museum located at Carlisle Lake District Airport in Cumbria.

About

The Museum is run by The Solway Aviation Society and staffed by volunteers. The Society is a registered charity supported by entrance charges to the Museum, and public donations. In addition to normal opening the Museum hosts educational visits for school classes studying the Second World War and for Scouts achieving their Air Activities Badge. Following the closure of the RAF Millom Museum, many of the artefacts were moved to Solway Aviation Museum for safe keeping and eventual exhibition when space permits.

Solway Aviation Museum

The Buildings contain exhibits and artefacts relating to aviation in Cumbria, including the Second World War and also houses individual displays featuring the development of the Blue Streak missile, Martin-Baker ejection seats, and the development and activities of the Airport itself since the Second World War.

Solway Aviation Museum

Collection

The current collection includes the following:

Solway Aviation Museum

See also

Carlisle Lake District Airport

List of aerospace museums

References

External links

Museums in Cumbria

Aerospace museums in England

Buildings and structures in Carlisle, Cumbria

World War II museums in the United Kingdom

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